The stock owner's adviser; the breeding, rearing, management, diseases and treatment of domestic animals . ed immediately after the injury, cold watershould be freely used. Ice water and bandage should be applied,and the lotion of zinc and lead previously referred to employedto reduce the fever. If the exudate has already taken placeand there is great pain, warm fomentations as hot as the animalcan bear should be used. When the irritation subsides, a lini-ment made of equal parts of aqua ammonia, turpentine, and lin-seed oil should be used. Firing may be resorted to in some 200 THE STOCK OWNER
The stock owner's adviser; the breeding, rearing, management, diseases and treatment of domestic animals . ed immediately after the injury, cold watershould be freely used. Ice water and bandage should be applied,and the lotion of zinc and lead previously referred to employedto reduce the fever. If the exudate has already taken placeand there is great pain, warm fomentations as hot as the animalcan bear should be used. When the irritation subsides, a lini-ment made of equal parts of aqua ammonia, turpentine, and lin-seed oil should be used. Firing may be resorted to in some 200 THE STOCK OWNER S ADVISEE. cases, but should not be used too quickly. Its use is very benefi-cial, however, in chronic inflammation of the tendon. In chronic cases, where shortening has permanently takenplace, the operation of tenotomy must be performed. Manyhorses with contraction of the tendons will do slow work toler-ably w^ell if a piece of iron is attached to the toe of the shoe, pro-jecting an inch or two in front of it and slightly turned up at itsanterior j^art. Tenotomy or division of the tendon should only. Fig. 45—Sprain of the Metacarpal Ligament. be performed by a skilled surgeon, and the animal should be avaluable one, as it takes six months, in case of a fore leg, beforean animal can be put to work again, and a much longer time if inthe hind limb. The operation in the hind limb is often disap-pointing, even with the assistance of the lever on the toe of theshoe. SPEAIN OF THE SUSPENSORY LIGAMENT. The suspensory ligament is a broad band of white fibroustissue, arising from the supra-posterior part of the canon bone,lying in the hollow between the two splint bones and termi- A SPRAIN OE STRAIN. 201 nating on either side of the os coronge and on the side of thepyramid of the os pedis. It is -asnally seen in race horses andhunters. Treatment.—Rest, fomentations, bandages, and finally blis-ters. The animal should have a long rest. If put to work toosoon, rupture of the ligament
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